West Virginia Code 16-49-8 – Fees
In order to enforce the requirements and intent of this article, the following fees may be charged:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-49-8
- Background check: means a prescreening of registries specified by the secretary by rule and a fingerprint-based search of state and federal criminal history record information. See West Virginia Code 16-49-1
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Resources. See West Virginia Code 16-49-1
- Rap back: means the notification to the department when an individual who has undergone a fingerprint-based, state or federal criminal history record information check has a subsequent state or federal criminal history event. See West Virginia Code 16-49-1
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, or his or her designee. See West Virginia Code 16-49-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- State Police: means the West Virginia State Police Criminal Identification Bureau. See West Virginia Code 16-49-1
(1) The State Police may assess a fee to the department, applicants, covered providers, or covered contractors for conducting the criminal background check and for collecting and retaining fingerprints for Rap Back as authorized under this article.
(2) The secretary may assess a fee to applicants, covered providers, or covered contractors for the maintenance of the Internet-based system required by this article. The assessment shall be deposited into a special revenue account within the State Treasurer’s office to be known as the DHHR Criminal Background Administration Account. Expenditures from the account shall be made by the secretary for purposes set forth in this article and are authorized from collections. The account shall be administered by the secretary and may not be deemed a part of the general revenue of the state.